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  • Help - my Navets are escaping !

    Please can anyone help. My Navets (long thin turnips) are growing upwards out of the ground instead of growing down

    I know that I must be doing something wrong but I don't know what. The ground was previously growing potatoes and it is quite stoney but not impossibly so. I don't think they are too close together either.

    I have taken a couple out of the ground because thay are too high to cover with soil and they taste divine but I think they should be longer and thinner. Also, because they are out of the ground they are starting to be attacked by all manner of "nasties"

    Should I harvest them and try again next year or is there something that can be done.

    As ever, your help is much appreciated.

    Clare.
    A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)


  • #2
    Would have thought earthing up would be the way to go but if they are growing too high for that maybe you need to find another sort of mulch - would grass cuttings or straw work?
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      Thanks for that Shirl, I think I'll have a go at earthing up to start with. They aren't too high yet but if they get to that stage, I have plenty of straw to use. Might be tempted to eat them all raw though - they taste fantastic, much better that anything I have ever had from the shops.
      Clare
      A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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      • #4
        Not being given to eating raw things (except sweetcorn and Steack Tartare) I had to be forced to try some raw navet.

        Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

        KK

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        • #5
          ...maybe you sowed the seed upside down..?
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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